Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for NIKO-15
in French Polynesia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone NIKO-15 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000138
Name NIKO-15
From - To 21 Jan - 24 Jan
Exposed countries French Polynesia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 175 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability High (French Polynesia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 64 km/h 0 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 117 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Niko's romp through societyThu, 22 Jan 2015 19:02:00 +0100.

19 minutes ago NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Niko when it was moving through the Society Islands on Jan. 21 at 4:35 p.m. EST. Credit: NASA's Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team After making its social debut in the Southe
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GOES-West captures birth of Tropical Cyclone Niko in Southern PacificWed, 21 Jan 2015 19:31:00 +0100.

28 minutes ago by Rob Gutro The GOES-West satellite on Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. EST showed bands of thunderstorms in Niko's eastern quadrant wrapping into the center. This full-disk view shows the storm location in the Southern Pacific. Credit:
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Niko (Southern Pacific Ocean)Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:17:00 +0100.

[image-50] GOES-West Captures Birth of Tropical Cyclone Niko in Southern Pacific. NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured the birth of Tropical Cyclone Niko in the Southern Pacific Ocean near French Polynesia. NOAA's Geostationary Operational E
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Pope finishes Asian tour after huge MassMon, 19 Jan 2015 11:59:00 +0100.

Vatican officials have said between six million and seven million people attended Sunday's Mass in Manila's Rizal Park and surrounding areas, eclipsing the roughly five million worshippers who flocked to a Mass by Pope John Paul in the same
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (44), (2), INFORM (2),